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The Newtonian system of the world, the best model of government : an allegorical poem. With a plain and intelligible account of the system of the world, by way of annotations: with copper plates: To which is added, Cambria's complaint against the intercalary day in the leap-year

by: Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744

Publication date: 1728
Topics: Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, Astronomy -- Poetry -- 18th century, Leap year, Calendar reform -- 18th century, Physics -- Poetry -- 18th century, Astronomy
Publisher: Westminster : Printed by A. Campbell, for J. Roberts ... and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster
Collection: wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries; medicallibrary
Contributor: Wellcome Library
Language: English
Rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
Item Size: 244.1M

vi, 2 unnumbered pages, 46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : 24 cm (4to)

Woodcut headpieces: p. [iii, vii, 1, 35]

"Price 1s.6d"--t.p

Signatures: A-G⁴

Errata: final page

Author's advertisement: following p. 46.--He advertises courses run at his home, and also informs subscribers that his delayed book 'Course of experimental philosophy' is now underway

"Leap-year: or, Cambria's complaint against the intercalary day": p. [35]-46

Dedication to the Earl of Ilay

Desaguliers was a translator of Newton's 'Principia'

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